Word: captains
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Dates: during 1890-1899
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...reproach which has been more constantly cast in the teeth of Harvard men than that of favoritism in the selection of athletic teams. Newspapers are eager for sensation, unsuccessful candidates are apt to blame anything but themselves; and people seem somehow to forget that a coach's or a captain's reputation depends on his using the best men available...
...matter in which all can help. If everybody will keep quiet until he knows what he is talking about, and will call to account any unwarrantable statements made in his presence, ninetenths of this clap trap can be stopped. It is an insult to the coach, the captain, the players, and the whole University, and has been too long endured...
...which was presented by G. Hay '88, for the captain of the winning section was won by J. B. Rorer '99, captain of the Oxford street division, which scored thirty points. The Holyoke street section was second with a total of nine points...
Toward the last few minutes of practice, Ex-captain Wrightington coached the team on getting down the field on the kick-off, and protecting the runner by the formation of interference. In one of these trials, Cozzens carried the ball 50 yards behind the strongest kind of interference...
...line for downs. Harvard, on the other hand, plunged through their line almost at will, and proved herself to be unusually strong on the defense, Brown being held for downs at four different stages of the game. Brown undoubtedly was weakened by the loss of their star back and captain, Fultz, and adding to this a weak line, and the effects of their hard game last Wednesday, it is generally conceded that they put a weaker team in the field Saturday than that sent against Yale last week...